View source for ΔΔ:Transfer of ashes from abroad to Greece

{{process
|process_official_title=Transfer of ashes from abroad to Greece
|process_alternative_titles=Ashes transfer certificate from abroad to Greece
|process_description=The procedure is aimed at the relatives of deceased Greeks or citizens of other countries who wish to transfer the ashes of their deceased abroad to Greece.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=19476
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=852778, 943702
|process_provision_org_group=3777
|process_remarks=Usually, the process is handled by funeral homes.
|process_deadline_duration=P1D
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Document Production
|process_source=Framers, SDG
|process_provided_to=Citizens
|process_tax_type=Certificates
|process_life_events=Loss
|process_total_duration_steps_min=87420
|process_total_duration_steps_max=88200
|process_cost_min=10.00
|process_cost_max=10.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=1
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=0
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=1
|process_evidence_total_number=3
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_sdg_codes=D6
|process_application_type=Application
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Application for ashes transfer certificate
|process_application_note=In any case, the interested party should contact the competent Consular Authority or check its website in order to be informed of any additional supporting documents.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Technical
|process_conditions_name=The ashes must be placed by the Cremation Centres and the cremation plants in a special container (urn), tightly closed.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Technical
|process_conditions_name=For the transfer of the ashes by transfer service providers, the ashes must be in a sealed urn and accompanied by a cremation certificate.
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=1
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Impost
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_description=Payable to the Consulate
|process_evidence_cost_min=10
|process_evidence_cost_max=10
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Checkout of a competent authority
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=1701
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Death certificate issued by the authorities of the country in which the event occurred.
|process_evidence_note=The death certificate must be endorsed with an apostille stamp where required, translated into Greek and with the signature of the translator certified by the Consular Authority.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Cremation certificate from the crematorium.
|process_evidence_note=The certificate must be endorsed with an apostille stamp, where required.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=4627
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An exit permit document from the country.
|process_evidence_note=It is issued by the registry office and is certified with an apostille stamp, where required, translated into Greek and with the translators signature certified.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=4084
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Geographical
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=A document with the flight details to Greece (where required), translated into Greek and with a certified signature of the translator.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=1701
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Ex officio (manual)
|process_evidence_description=Death certificate from the Civil Registry.
|process_evidence_related_process=167470
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou
|process_evidence_note=The death certificate is printed by the competent official of the Consulate, after having entered the required data in the Civil Registry.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Presidential Decree
|process_rule_decision_number=16
|process_rule_decision_year=2014
|process_rule_description=Consular fees and royalties.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=24
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/Download_Small/?fek_pdf=20140100024
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=4781
|process_rule_decision_year=2021
|process_rule_article=299, 300, 307
|process_rule_description=Duties of Paid Consular Authorities, Consular Offices of Embassies and Unpaid Consular Authorities.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=31
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20210100031
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Presidential Decree
|process_rule_decision_number=210
|process_rule_decision_year=1975
|process_rule_article=4 παρ. 3
|process_rule_description=On embalming, transfer and burial of the dead and of the bones of human beings.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=63
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19750100063
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt of application by the Consulate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT1M
|process_step_description=The competent official receives the application from the citizen.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt by the Consulate of the required documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P1D
|process_step_description=The competent official of the Consulate receives the documents required for the issuance of the certificate.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Verification of the completeness of supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=PT3M
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
|process_step_description=The Consulate official examines the documents submitted.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Acknowledgement that the death has been declared in the Civil Registry
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
|process_step_description=An official of the Consulate ascertains either through the documents submitted by the person concerned or through the Civil Registry, that the declaration of death has been previously made in the Civil Registry.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Acknowledgement that the death has not been declared in the Civil Registry
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
|process_step_description=The competent official of the Consulate ascertains, either through the documents submitted by the person concerned or through the Civil Registry, that the declaration of death has not been previously entered in the Civil Registry.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Registration of data in the Civil Registry
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT20M
|process_step_description=The official shall enter the required data in the Civil Registry.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=6
|process_step_previous_child=6
|process_step_title=Printing of the death certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT2M
|process_step_description=Printing of the death certificate from the Civil Registry.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=8
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=7
|process_step_previous_child=7
|process_step_title=Checking the correctness of the civil status certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT3M
|process_step_description=Verification of the correctness of the data recorded in the civil status certificate.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=9
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=8
|process_step_previous_child=8
|process_step_title=Issue of the death certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT2M
|process_step_description=After checking the correctness of the data, the official issues the death certificate.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=10
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Printing of the death certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT3M
|process_step_duration_max=PT5M
|process_step_description=The official shall print out as many copies of the registration certificate as requested.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=11
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=10
|process_step_previous_child=10
|process_step_title=Payment by the applicant of a fee of EUR 10 for the death certificate
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT1M
|process_step_description=The applicant shall deposit at the Consulate the amount of ten (10) euros per copy for the payment of the fee.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=12
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Issue of the ashes transfer certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT15M
|process_step_description=The staff member shall draw up and issue the ashes transfer certificate.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=13
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Payment of the ashes transfer certificate
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT2M
|process_step_description=The official collects 10 euros and stamps the consular stamp on the certificate.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=14
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Delivery of the certificate to the applicant
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
|process_step_duration_max=PT1M
|process_step_description=The Consular Authority shall deliver the certificate to the applicant on the same day.
}}
{{process useful links
|process_useful_link_title=Hellenic Authorities Abroad
|process_useful_link_url=https://www.mfa.gr/appendix/dimereis-sheseis-tis-ellados/alpha.html
}}
{{process useful links
|process_useful_link_title=Rules in case of death - repatriation of a corpse
|process_useful_link_url=https://www.gov.gr/sdg/residence/rules-in-case-of-death-repatriation-of-remains
}}